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Foster + Partners Reveal Plans for Toronto’s Second Tallest Tower

Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for an 80-story mixed-use tower that will rise 318-meters on a prominent site in downtown Toronto at One Bloor West. The city’s second tallest building, “The One” skyscraper aims to “pioneer a new model of vertical… Sigue leyendo →
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AD Classics: Robarts Library / Warner, Burns, Toan & Lunde

If the architectural volte face… of the late 1960s heralded the genesis of postmodernism, deconstruction, and a golden age of theory, it came at an equally destructive cost. Escaping the totalizing regime of modernism demanded from architects more than the Sigue leyendo →
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Through House / Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

Architects: Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Area: 1450.0 ft2
Photographs: Bob Gundu Project Team: Heather Dubbeldam, Jason LeBlanc, Bindya Lad, Oliver Dang, Jacob JeBailey, Johanna Bollozos, Lynden Giles, Suzanna MacDonald
Contractor: DDF European Design From the architect.… Sigue leyendo →
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“Winter Stations” Bring Warmth to Toronto’s Frozen Beaches

Five finalists have emerged from the 196 submissions of Toronto’s first international Winter Stations design competition. Drawing proposals from 36 countries around the world, the competition challenged entrants to transform the lifeguard stations on Toronto’s east beaches into public art pieces for the winter. The finalists’ designs… Sigue leyendo →
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Mid-Town Triplex / Studio JCI

Architects: Studio JCI
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Area: 456.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Scott Norsworthy Interior Design: Mason Studio
Structural Engineering: LMS Engineering From the architect.… This project is an example of urban intensification in an established Midtown Toronto neighbourhood, Sigue leyendo →
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The Linear House / Green Dot Architects

Architects: Green Dot Architects
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Design Team: Saied Mahboubi, Titka Safarzadeh
Area: 155.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Tom Arban Construction Management: Nano Design Build Inc.
Structure: Joseph Lee Engineering From the architect.… This totally transformed, two-storey, brick Sigue leyendo →
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Barsa Taberna / +tongtong

Architects: +tongtong
Location: St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care Inc., 4 Market Street, Toronto, ON M5E 1M6, Canada
Area: 3000.0 ft2
Year: 2014
Photographs: Lisa Petrole Photography From the architect.… The mostly-subterranean space evokes the intimacy and vibrancy of Barcelona, where Sigue leyendo →
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